Inteligencia emocional y calidad de vida en período de aislamiento social, preventivo y obligatorio durante la pandemia por COVID-19

Our goal is to describe the levels of the variables Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Quality of Life (QoL) in subjects affected by the context of Social, Preventive and Mandatory Isolation decreed on March 20 in Argentina during the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluate if there are significant relationships between them and analyze if they present differences based on sociodemographic variables such as: age and gender. We worked with a sample made up of 923 female and male people over 18 years of age from the general population. An ad-hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) instrument, and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI) were used for data collection. The sample was contacted online from March 29 to July 6, 2020. The results showed that the correlation between the variable IE and CV was significant. The dimensions of these variables presented weak relationship strength with each other except Emotional Attention that only significantly correlated with a strong link strength with the variables Spiritual Fullness and Social Support as well as with Interpersonal Functioning, this time with moderate link strength. The levels of the CV variable are described as good in most of the subjects in the sample. EI levels are described as adequate for both genders in almost all subscales, presenting a difference for the gender in Emotional Clarity, resulting little for the male and adequate for the female, thus corroborating the hypotheses raised. Regarding the link between the EI and QOL variables based on the sociodemographic variables, significant differences were obtained in groups, being those between 71 and 80 years old, who do not consume psychoactive substances underwritten by a professional, and those who have a recreational containment network who obtained higher scores. In conclusion the results suggest that, although associations were found, longitudinal studies are necessary to consider the different phases of quarantineSe propuso describir los niveles de las variables inteligencia emocional (IE) y calidad de vida (CV) en sujetos afectados por el contexto del aislamiento social, preventivo y obligatorio en Argentina a raíz de la pandemia por COVID-19, evaluar si existen relaciones significativas entre ellas y analizar si presentan diferencias en función de variables sociodemográficas. Se trabajó con una muestra conformada por 923 personas de géneros femenino y masculino, mayores de 18 años, de población general. Para el relevamiento de datos se utilizó un cuestionario sociodemográfico confeccionado ad hoc, la Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) —una escala para evaluar la inteligencia emocional percibida— y el Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI), o índice multicultural de calidad de vida. La muestra fue contactada virtualmente entre el 29 de marzo y el 6 de julio de 2020. Los resultados arrojaron que la correlación entre las variables IE y CV fue significativa. Las dimensiones de dichas variables presentaron una fuerza de relación débil entre sí, exceptuando atención emocional, que correlacionó con una fuerza de vínculo fuerte con plenitud espiritual y apoyo social-emocional, y moderadamente con funcionamiento interpersonal. Los niveles de la variable CV se describen como buenos para la mayoría de los sujetos de la muestra. Los niveles de IE se describen como adecuados para ambos géneros en casi todas las subescalas exceptuando la dimensión claridad emocional, resultando poca para el masculino y adecuada para el femenino. Respecto al vínculo de IE y CV en función de variables sociodemográficas, se obtuvieron diferencias significativas entre grupos; y el grupo etario 71-80 años, quienes no consumen sustancias psicoactivas suscriptas por un profesional y los que poseen una red de contención recreativa obtuvieron mayores puntuaciones. En conclusión, si bien se encontraron asociaciones, los resultados sugieren la necesidad de estudios longitudinales que contemplen las diferentes fases de la cuarenten

Regulation during the second year: Executive function and emotion regulation links to joint attention, temperament, and social vulnerability in a Latin American sample

© 2019 Gago Galvagno, De Grandis, Clerici, Mustaca, Miller and Elgier. Although a growing body of work has established developing regulatory abilities during the second year of life, more work is needed to better understand factors that influence this emerging control. The purpose of the present study was to examine regulation capacities in executive functions (i.e., EF or cognitive control) and emotion regulation (i.e., ER or control focused on modulating negative and sustaining positive emotions) in a Latin American sample, with a focus on how joint attention, social vulnerability, and temperament contribute to performance. Sixty Latin American dyads of mothers and children aged 18 to 24 months completed several EF tasks, a Still-Face Paradigm (SFP) to examine ER (Weinberg et al., 2008), and the Early Social Communication Scale to measure joint attention (Mundy et al., 2003). Parents completed the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire Very Short Form to measure temperament (ECBQ-VS, Putnam et al., 2010) and the Social Economic Level Scale (SES) from INDEC (2000). Results revealed the typical responses expected for toddlers of this age in these EF tasks and in the SFP. Also, we found associations between EF and ER and between non-verbal communication related to monitoring infants\u27 attention to objects (i.e., responding to joint attention) and initiation of pointing (e.g., pointing and showing of an object while the child alternates his gaze to an adult) with EF. Regarding social factors, family differences and type of housing contribute to regulation. For temperament, effortful control was associated with both regulatory capacities. Finally, only age predicted EF. These results suggest that many patterns regarding the development of these abilities are duplicated in the first months of life in a Latin American sample while further highlighting the importance of considering how the environment and the individual characteristics of infants may associate to these regulatory abilities, which is particularly relevant to developing public policies to promote their optimal development